Read the article. The title is very misleading - I saw nothing in the article that says are troops are having to abide by the food restrictions.
I don’t think it serves our purpose to start lying to ourselves - it only undermines us.
Local laws in these countries require non-muzzies to follow the same religious laws as muzzies. That means our troops have to comply or face arrest by those countries if caught violating those laws. You’re telling me that doesn’t constitute forcing them to abide by food and drink restrictions? Hopefully after the years our troops have had to put up with this horse$hit, they have become creative in finding ways to eat normal meals, gaining the sustenance they need to survive, and avoiding any legal problems.
Perhaps you should reread the article.
“I saw nothing in the article that says are troops are having to abide by the food restrictions.”
When the military leadership (and no doubt this is coming from above, the administration in turn) is “reminding” the troops to abide by the food restrictions, I kind of doubt they’re going to put up with any soldier that will refuse to obey the “reminder”.